Hi Keith - welcome to the forum

I have bought a Uniross replacement and it works just as well as the original - I use it with the official Pentax charger.

I would only buy a 'branded' battery rather than one of those cheapo £5 ebay ones (I'm still a snob! ). Energizer also do a replacement, both this and the Uniross one can be bought for around £15 each.

Hi Mikenya, we will be in South Luangwa / Lower Zambezi national park. I had a monopod recommended to me as the type of vehicle are low sided jeeps and it would be awkward to use a bean bag. We're not going until next year - but making my christmas list now!

Maybe you should enter one of her photo's!

edit to say Congratulations to your daughter!

Hi, thanks for your replies.

Mannesty, I only plan to use the TC when I am able to use a monopod / tripod (for either lens).

Sorry, hadn't seen these replies to my original post!

I went along to the Abergele CC a couple of times and although very friendly I'm not sure it's for me. I certainly have nothing bad to say about them so if anyone is thinking of visiting then I will say you will get a friendly welcome so worth trying out for yourself.

Thanks

Don't think I will be making my debut in the competitions this week! My desktop image just has my IP Address/AntiVirus definition details. Very interesting but not going to win any competition!

Hi people

I recently posted on here asking about which zoom lens would be most suitable for a safari and after the advice and other research I'd pretty much decided that the Sigma 100-300mm f4 + 1.4xTC would be most suitable.

But I have been wondering if one of the recent 70-200mm f2.8 + 2xTC would be a better option (not sure about Tamron or Sigma yet). I can't imagine anyone has had both of these combinations, but are there any obvious advantages or drawbacks that I may be missing?

I believe (and may be wrong) that the 100-300mm + 1.4TC will be a 140-420mm f5.6 and the 70-200mm + 2xTC will become 140-400mm f5.6. These are very similar, but the 70-200mm f2.8 (without TC) may be more useful with low light, etc.

When on safari my aim is to not be changing lenses too often, so when in the jeep I will be using the TC, but when out walking I will remove the TC.

Thank you.

Yes

I think this is the only accessory that isn't compatible between the Pentax and Samsung.